Does the statute of limitation in a personal injury action against an attorney extend beyond the date of action against the attorney?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from Griffith v. Zavlaris, 215 Cal.App.2d 826, 30 Cal.Rptr. 517 (Cal. App. 1963):

Jensen v. Sprigg, supra, 84 Cal.App. 519, 258 P. 683, states that the appellant urged that the cause of action against the attorney did not accrue until the delay resulted in damages or injury to the plaintiff, citing Lally, supra. The court then stated that it agreed with the plaintiff's contention and pointed out that the plaintiff's loss of remedy in the action being prosecuted by the attorney did not occur until the action was delayed to the point where the defendant therein was adjudged a bankrupt. It was at that point that the attorney's act of [215 Cal.App.2d 830] negligence occurred, and the statute of limitations in any action against the attorney started to run.

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